space exploration

NASA plans crewed Moon mission in 2026

NASA has said it intends to send four astronauts on a ten-day journey around the Moon in early 2026, marking the first crewed lunar mission in more than half a century.

Two Years of James Webb Space Telescope / Can we build a more powerful space telescope?

Exploring the cosmos: from ground-based telescopes to revolutionary space observatories

What if UFOs have been a cover for high-tech defence research programmes?

A mix of government, private, adversarial, and unexplained objects are filling up an increasingly congested US airspace. Uncovering what fills it should be of greater public interest.

What does Bangladesh’s space research organisation really do?

Bangladesh’s Space Research and Remote Sensing Organisation (SPARRSO) came under scathing criticism from netizens.

Let’s stake our claim to outer space

Though the Outer Space Treaty specifies space as a global common resource, it does not mean that the space is public property.

Jeff Bezos plans to charge at least $200,000 for space rides

Jeff Bezos' rocket company plans to charge passengers about $200,000 to $300,000 for its first trips into space, two people familiar with its plans told Reuters.

Russia warns against Trump's plans of space domination

Russia today expresses alarm over US President Donald Trump's call for the United States to dominate space exploration and his plan to create a separate branch of the military called a Space Force.

Trump wants to dominate space, Moon and Mars

President Donald Trump boasts Monday of the US commercial space industry's deep wallet and enterprising spirit, and vows US dominance in exploration of the Moon and Mars, as well as any future space race.

NASA's new planet-hunter to seek closer, Earth-like worlds

NASA is poised to launch a $337 million washing machine-sized spacecraft that aims to vastly expand mankind's search for planets beyond our solar system, particularly closer, Earth-sized ones that might harbor life.

June 20, 2018
June 20, 2018

Russia warns against Trump's plans of space domination

Russia today expresses alarm over US President Donald Trump's call for the United States to dominate space exploration and his plan to create a separate branch of the military called a Space Force.

June 19, 2018
June 19, 2018

Trump wants to dominate space, Moon and Mars

President Donald Trump boasts Monday of the US commercial space industry's deep wallet and enterprising spirit, and vows US dominance in exploration of the Moon and Mars, as well as any future space race.

April 16, 2018
April 16, 2018

NASA's new planet-hunter to seek closer, Earth-like worlds

NASA is poised to launch a $337 million washing machine-sized spacecraft that aims to vastly expand mankind's search for planets beyond our solar system, particularly closer, Earth-sized ones that might harbor life.

February 19, 2016
February 19, 2016

North Korea's Kim Jong-Un calls for more rocket launches

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un says his reclusive nation plans more "satellite launches" -- which the West sees as a cover for ballistic missile tests -- calling space exploration a "strategic goal", state media said Friday.

August 21, 2015
August 21, 2015

'Farewell' pictures of Saturn moon Dione

The Cassini mission to Saturn returns its final close-up images of the gas giant's Dione moon.